Sad-iron.



N0.s15,es4. PATENTBD MAR.20,1906.

J. L. POALK.

SAD IRON. APPLICATION FILED 110121, 1904.

I alum won Arm/ r unrmn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES 'L: POALK, or WYNOOTE, PENNSYLVANIA;

- SAD-IRON.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented March 20, 1906.

Application-filed l t fi 21,1904. Serial No. 233,637.

To al} it may concern:

7 @Be it known that I, JAMES L. POALK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wynconnection with the iron to lift ortilt t e iron body away from the work.

The nature and scope of my invention will,

be more fully understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accomplanying drawings, forming part hereof, inw 'ch f Figure 1 is a side elevational view of my invention, illustratingthe sad-iron,its weighted holder and the lever-arm connecting the two together in the position they occupy during the ironing o eration. "Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, ut illustrating the position occupied by the various parts when the iron is tilted or lifted away from the work. Fi 3 is a top or plan view of theiron detac ed from the lever and weighted holder. Fig. 4. is a top or plan view of the weighted holder,

and Fig. 5 1s a top or plan view of the lever connecting the iron with its weighted holder. a Referring tothe drawings, a represents the sad-iron of usual construction having. the central recess a spanned by the bar a. At either end of the iron a is secured a slideway or bracket 0;? a, in which the base ofthe lever b is arranged to slide and with which said the iron a to the lever b.

the lever bis arranged to sli e longitudinally base engages to prevent lateral movement of the lever b. v

As clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 5, the lever b has at its forward end a projecting lip b, arran ed transversel of the body" of the lever, an at its rear en a pin or stop 6 roj ecting upward from the upper face 0 the ever b. Adjacent to the rear end of the lever 12 and located below its base is a shaft or pin b serving as the bearing for the rollers or wheels 17*. Adjacent to its forward end the lever b has projecting from its base a catch 6 adapted to enter therecess'a/ and to engage the bar a spanning said recess, to lock U on the body of a weighted holder d, the body: of ch is. longitudinally grooved, as at d, and has an abutment d at approximately its center to coact with the stop-pin b on the lever b to limit the rearward movement of the'holder 61 upon said leverb. The front end of the body of the holderd is recessed, as at (i to engage under the transverse lip b of the lever b to lock the body to said lever'when the holder is in its forward osition and above the iron a, as illustrated in Fig. 1. A catch ve is pivotally connected with the handle (1 ,of the holder (1 in any preferred manner and has a projecting hook end e, arranged when the holder is locked to the lever 11 to engage the front of the transverselip b of said lever. The abutment d in the groove (1 of the holder (1 is adapted when the holder isshifted forward upon the lever bto coact with a shoulder b in the upper surface of the lever b to limit 'said forwar movement upon said lever 11.

The operation of the device is as follows:

The lever 12 is first insertedlin the iron a, its

catch 12 entering the recess a" of the iron and hooking under the bar a spannin said recess. The weighted holderd is then s ifted along the lever 1) until its notched front end engages the transverse lip b of the lever 72, and the hook end a of the catch e engages the said lip 11. During this operation of the parts the lever b rocks, the catch b being a fulcrum, until it oc-' cupies substantially a horizontal position with respect to the iron a,and the rollers 12 are lifted upward awayfrom the table or board A, upon which the work is supported, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1. In this osition all the parts are locked together and the iron a may be manipulated, with its normal weight or pressure u on the work augmented by the weight of t e superposed weighted holder-d. When the iron at is not to be used,,the catch e is released from the lip b of the lever b and theholder d slid backward upon the lever. The holder (1 in'sliding first depresses the rear end of the lever b to bring the lever 1) into angular position with respect to the iron a and to brin its wheels or rollers b down upon the tab e A to form a fulcrum for the lever b. As the weighted holder (1 is still farther shiftedbackward upon the lever bits abutment d strikes the pin 6 and the holder is then turned at ri ht angles to rest upon an extension I) of the% r the holder (1 overbalances the iron (1 and liftsit away from the work, as illustrated in Fig. 2. If the holder d is to be removed from the lever b for any purpose, it can be lifted ofi ever I), in which position IIO said lever b when the catch 6 is disengaged from the lip b of the lever 1).

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, a sad-iron and a Weight therefor in combina tion With means connecting the Weight and iron, said Weight arranged to slide on said connecting means in one direction to be superposed upon the iron and in the opposite direction to tilt said iron from the Work.

2. In a device of the character described, a sad-iron, a lever adapted to be locked to said iron and a Weighted holder arranged to slide upon said lever, said holder increasing the Weight of the iron in one position upon the lever, and tilting said lever and iron in its other osition upon the lever to thereby elevate the iron from the work.

3. In a device of the character described, a sad-iron having a recess and a bar spanning said recess, a lever having a catch adapted to engage said bar, said lever arranged to rock upon said iron, a fulcrum arranged on said lever beyond the iron, and a Weighted holder arranged to slide on said lever, and adapted in one position to depress the lever upon the iron and in the other position to rock the lever on its fulcrum to thereby elevate the iron. from the Work.

4. In a device of the character described, a sad-iron, a lever detachably engaging said iron and projecting in one direction beyond said iron, and a Weight arranged to slide longitudinally upon said lever in one direction to be superposed upon the iron and in an opposite direction to tilt said iron.

5. In a device of the character described, a sad-iron, a lever detachably engaging said iron and projectin in one direction beyond said iron, a weig ted holder arranged to slide in one direction upon said lever to tilt the iron and in the other direction to be superposed on said iron and means for locking said holder to said lever when the holder is superposed on the iron.

6. In a device of the character described, a sad-iron, a lever detaehably engaging said iron and having one end projecting beyond said iron, an extension formed upon said proecting end, and aweighted holder arranged to slide upon said lever and to be turned thereon to rest upon. said extension to thereby tilt the lever and elevate the iron from the Work.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name.

J AMES L. POALK.

Witnesses HENRY E. EVERDING, ALICE O. EVERDING. 

